Category: Undersea Cables
Undersea fibre optics cable initiatives around Africa
Race for the South Atlantic
One of the less professional sounding quotes from me in the media in the last few months is the one to the right where I introduce the technical terms “bananas” into the undersea cable capacity discussions. For the record a...
African Undersea Cables – A History
A number of people have asked for a chronological version of the African Undersea Cables map. Here’s one I made recently. Feel free to use, adapt, improve. You can download the full presentation (in OpenOffice format) from Slideshare. African Undersea...
Undersea Cables Update
It has been a busy year in the world of African undersea cables as the timeline below of cable maps over the last year will attest. A lot has happened or more accurately plans and announcements for a lot have...
YAPAUC – Africa Coast to Europe (ACE) Cable
Yet Another Planned African Undersea Cable (YAPAUC). As 2008 draws to a close, I can’t help but reflect in amazement at the rash of announcements in the last year of planned undersea fibre-optic cables around the African continent. If only...
Undersea Cables Update
I’ve now moved the African Undersea Cables map to a permanent page that I will update as new information emerges. The latest revision includes updates of: the EASSy cable to reflect its growth to 1.4 terabits the TEAMS cable to...